The IMF is back in Antigua for a third time
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IMF Back in Antigua on Performance Review

By: CaribJournal - March 1, 2011 - 5:37 pm

The International Monetary Fund has sent a team to Antigua for a third review of the nation’s performance on a stand-by arrangement with the IMF. According to the Ministry of Finance, the IMF team began the review Monday and will be on the island until Friday. Antigua and Barbuda passed two reviews required by the recently-approved $117.8 million stand-by agreement.

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